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Its Day 3 at the Euro 2008 competition which is hosted jointly by Austria and Switzerland.The groups for this year are as follows-
Group A
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey
Group B
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland
Group C
Netherlands
Italy
Romania
France
Group D
Greece
Sweden
Spain
Russia
Group C has been nicknamed the group of death which properly suites it since its being occupied by the world cup holders Italy,world cup runners up France ,European bad boys Holland and the somewhat underdogs Romania.This is definitely an exiting group to watch.
Day 1
Switzerland(0) Vs Czech Republic(1)
The Czechs came out as winners in this game but credits due to the Swiss who played admirably and lost their enthusiastic and influential captain Alexander Frei to an injury early in the game.He will be out for the rest of the tournament.
Key Players
Phillipe Senderos-The Arsenal defender managed to handle the tall Jan Koller well rendering him useless till he got substituted.
Tranquillo Barnetta-The attacking midfielder caused lots of problems for the Czechs.
Václav Svěrkoš-Scored the only goal of the game and appears to be a hot player for the Czechs right now.
Portugal(2) Vs Turkey(0)
Portugal were favorites in this game and they showed some excellent class finishing off a temperamental and lackluster Turkish side.
Key Players
Pepe-Excellent first goal and is one to watch in this young Portugal side
Cristiano Ronaldo-As always performed well and played some excellent passes even though his mind is probably on Real Madrid.
Sanli Tuncay-The Turkish striker played well but could have done better.Should be interesting when he faces a weaker opponent.
Day 2
Austria(0) Vs Croatia(1)
Croatia got an early penalty and cruised the first half.The second half was all Austria who showed their guts and were unlucky to come out empty handed.
Key Players
Luka Modrić-A 4 minute penalty that one the game and some superb individual play makes this attacking midfielder a must to keep an eye on.
Ivica Olić-Was hands down man of the match providing Croatia will all the right attacking balls.
Team Austria-The entire team showed their determination to do well despite being one of the Underdogs of the tournament.With this kind of attitude they will prove to be tough opponents in group B.
Germany(2) Vs Poland(0)
Germany coolly finished off debutants Poland to shoot to the top of Group B.
Key Players
Lukas Podolski-The Polish born Germany striker emotionally finished off Poland with two great goals.
Artur Boruc-The Poland and Celtic goalkeeper even though he let 2 in,made some great saves and will likely be the player who will save Poland in the upcoming matches.
Day 3
Day 3’s matched are between the residents of Group C aka THE GROUP OF DEATH….
France play Romania and Holland play world cup holders Italy.
